Víkingur Ólafsson - Glass: Études, No. 2

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Víkingur Ólafsson - Glass: Études, No. 2 - Live From Yellow Lounge
Víkingur Ólafsson is much sought-after by international conductors, orchestras and artists as both a chamber and concert musician. Possessing a rare combination of passionate musicality, explosive virtuosity and intellectual curiosity, the Icelandic pianist has won all the major prizes in his native country, including four Musician of the Year prizes at the Icelandic Music Awards as well as The Icelandic Optimism Prize. Besides his growing career as a traditional concert pianist, Ólafsson has also collaborated with a range of contemporary composers and artists like Philip Glass, Olafur Arnalds, and Björk.
Composer: Philip Glass
Repertoire: Étude No. 2 - Live From Yellow Lounge [Music Video]
Artists: Víkingur Ólafsson
Place: Funkhaus, Berlin
Produced by Christopher Tarnow
Video Producer: WELTN24 GmbH
Video Director: Martin Pelzer
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Music video for No. 2. (C) 2017 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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Пікірлер: 105

@acash93 3 жыл бұрын

His control of tone is very consistent. Wow

@itchy2learn 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that struck me too. You can sense the amount of thought and hard work that has gone into the performance.

@terridoring2366 10 ай бұрын

This piece and his technique have an other-worldly aura. Just magnificent!

@Sitbon08 3 жыл бұрын

The first pianist to make sense of this sound world for me.

@clberka Жыл бұрын

I wish I could "like" this more than once. Stunning.

@fflambeauutube 3 жыл бұрын

A very "dreamy" piece. Beautiful.

@marthacavanagh9143 6 жыл бұрын

When you play this I hear things I haven't heard before when listening to others play this piece. Extraordinarily beautiful!

@colinrobinson8930 5 жыл бұрын

It’s been one of those days so I’m just going to play this in a loop...

@ethanhill9460 3 жыл бұрын

I wish this Etude would find its way to wider broadcast media. It could be a hit on some chart.

@carlosreyesf19 3 жыл бұрын

I discovered Glass thanks to your interpretations. You are awesome

@esutsu 3 жыл бұрын

I played this piece for years. After that interpretation everything changed for me. Thank you for that fresh feeling. It gaves me a new perspective.

@chelsealeepiano Жыл бұрын

@Dnava28music 5 жыл бұрын

I've been listening to this at least 100 times in the last months

@antoninavirduzzo5492 3 жыл бұрын

⭐⭐⭐

@julieandrews730 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely transported by Vikingur's Philip Glass! Being rooted in J.S., Ludwig and Amadeus, this is a revelation!

@OHagan 6 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites....Thanks!!!!!

@TheDanrach 6 жыл бұрын

The very best interpretation I have yet heard of this piece.

@wonderlasting 4 жыл бұрын

It's a more millennial interpretation.

@CharlesZoll 4 жыл бұрын

Way too slow and meccanico for me. If you listen to Glass himself play it he plays with much more freedom, rubato, and speed. Glass plays this piece in 3:30 whereas it takes this pianist 5:50. I get the tendency in minimalism to gravitate to longer, drawn out structures, but this is Feldman-esque postmodernism interpretation.

@TheDanrach 4 жыл бұрын

@@CharlesZoll Very interesting, I will make a point to look up Glass' version. Admittedly, I am less accustomed to music from later periods of "Classical" music, so I should really develop my ear more in that area. I sincerely appreciate the insight. I discovered this piece after watching a ballet that was set to it, so I wasn't really listening "pure." But your thoughtful commentary inspired me to look into more versions.

@jeremiahsalyer7784 4 жыл бұрын

TheDanrach there’s a cd of glass playing the etudes. That’s the best version.

@TheDanrach 3 жыл бұрын

@@jeremiahsalyer7784 Thank you so much! I'll look for that!

@aubreywarneck7227 3 жыл бұрын

Just gorgeous!!

@dirkreed5392 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Amazing!! Bravo, Vikingur!!!

@brianramirez8255 5 жыл бұрын

Played the tones perfectly.

@tmnaaaa 5 жыл бұрын

Complete harmony

@theresaheidel9878 6 жыл бұрын

otherworldy and ethereal...beautiful rendition

@fumioferguson7634 3 жыл бұрын

Bleak, relaxing & beautiful

@juanmcmahon7765 6 жыл бұрын

Bravo!

@barbarasouzaprod9827 6 жыл бұрын

Excellente interprétation. Le tempo est parfaitement juste. Envoûtant. Bravo Vikingur !

@metcoofer879 Жыл бұрын

A beautiful song beautifully played.

@EclecticSB Жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@Serrano986 5 жыл бұрын

Excelente, gracias!!?

@helenamare3225 Жыл бұрын

Very beautiful

@user-ee7yz8zy7u Жыл бұрын

앞으로가 더욱 기대되는 음악가

@muggabill7225 5 жыл бұрын

Mit Abstand die beste Aufnahme der 2. Etüde. Großartig!

@chrisorlan 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic.

@rebeccafield6121 Жыл бұрын

He makes it look so effortless!!! 💛💛💛 Just adding I'm so addicted to listening to this right now 🙃

@nicolawilliamsfeng 6 жыл бұрын

Bellissima

@BalbirSingh-tt8rv 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks to Ólafsan and Yellow Lounge Berlin.

@eikarumba429 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve not heard this piece played with that intonation before. I liked it. The brubaker rendition was my favourite prior to hearing this!

@pelegrino791 4 жыл бұрын

I feel the influence of the first Prelude and fugue of Bach.

@prundonmcavoy7155 4 жыл бұрын

Superb pianism.

@jairozamga 3 жыл бұрын

Exquisito!

@carlosavila6144 5 жыл бұрын

Well done!

@minminsu6210 4 жыл бұрын

sobeautifulsound

@MariuszDomaszewicz 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Greetings:-)

@tngus9904 2 жыл бұрын

😭❤️

@modestonogueira8884 Жыл бұрын

Isso é brincadeira gente !!!!

@geogi_bodies 2 жыл бұрын

crazy dynamic and tone......otherworldly

@Loreto_ Жыл бұрын

👏 🎉 👏 🎉 👏 🎉

@markelliottdriver 2 жыл бұрын

nice

@juwonnnnn Жыл бұрын

👏

@Cal-md1et 10 ай бұрын

Great performance. Reminds me of the movie 'The Illusionist'

@1954surya 5 жыл бұрын

Geniale Interpretation. Wäre gerne selber auf die Lösungen gekommen.

@tamarapala260 3 ай бұрын

🔥💖❗🤗

@user-gj1qp8zz7i 8 ай бұрын

Mind numbing bilge

@kellypaws Жыл бұрын

If this video was a vinyl recording, it would be worn entirely free of grooves. So, so, so beautiful.

@hughmilsom3107 3 жыл бұрын

That blasted cough!

@tamararobertasilva-prolldo5590 4 жыл бұрын

🙋🏻

@williamsparks4201 4 жыл бұрын

Philip Glass (our very own American composer) is unique - see 'The Illusionist (2006)' : Memo to V.O. : You"re the Greatest: Please come back to us, we need your commitment and skills much more than the Germans. God Bless you!

@livbusy4629 4 жыл бұрын

At first this video popped up, I was like, who is this guy, bad composure playing the piano sticking his neck out, he is out to get himself some spinal pain in the neck, and what is wrong with the music, why is it so slow and not changing, but as soon as his right hand hit the fist note, suddenly I was dragged into this psychedelic outta space, or feeling stuck in time or dream or something, I found myself kept listening after several minutes, and obsessively searching for Philip Glass in the next few days, buying his etude book, begging to play his piece, sharing his Video. That is what a as-if digitally multi-tracked thoughtfully composed music adding full acoustic music instrument’s flavor can do to modern listeners .

@lawrenceyang9959 4 жыл бұрын

I can totally relate to that

@solarwindlass 9 ай бұрын

I’ve been practicing several of these sublime glass etudes - this particular one has imaginary notes to play! And this guy makes you hear them! They are not there!

@Thebois94 8 ай бұрын

You get it ❤️

@adrianwright8685 6 ай бұрын

"posture"

@chetanc174 5 ай бұрын

Thanks I am in the first phase of your experience.... But I am here to stay to see how it goe

@wonderlasting 6 жыл бұрын

This is truly an American sound.

@robertstorey6969 6 жыл бұрын

Philip Glass is and always was Australian!

@wonderlasting 6 жыл бұрын

Ha ha. What would his parents say, the day he was born, in Baltimore, Maryland?

@mhafner82 5 жыл бұрын

@@robertstorey6969 why he is labeled as an American composer in all of his bio?

@somebody9033 Жыл бұрын

@@robertstorey6969australia does not exist. All australians are paid actors by Nasa

@pie3566 Жыл бұрын

Mi versión en piano suena como un guarén al lado de esta.

@merlebehzadi2029 9 күн бұрын

Minimalistic (Glass) music turned to romantic (Schumann)style.

@idiot9302 5 жыл бұрын

why does this remind me of zelda

@datsdajazz_man1646 5 жыл бұрын

Fairy Fountain Theme

@jonevans319 3 жыл бұрын

It's a truly beautiful piece, but it hurts me to say that Miaslaw Skroryk wrote it first.

@dariocaporuscio8701 2 жыл бұрын

What piece?

@jonevans319 2 жыл бұрын

@@dariocaporuscio8701 Glass's Etude no' 2. The main theme is very similar to Skoryk's Piano Partita no' 5. I say this as someone who loved Glass's Etudes.

@lindalindab3284 3 ай бұрын

There is a similarity in the opening accompaniment figure but that’s all. The Partita is completely different in style and melodic material.

@Zorgcho Жыл бұрын

Technically outstanding, absurdly rushed.

@reamartin6458 Жыл бұрын

Zzz

@Wkkbooks 5 жыл бұрын

Lovely texture, complete absence of imagination.

@jaypeckay5898 4 жыл бұрын

wonderful clarity.......but the tempo!! way too fast........slow down dude:)

@ethanhill9460 4 жыл бұрын

Rushed.

@CharlesZoll 4 жыл бұрын

Hardly. How slow do you think it should go? Glass plays it at like eighth=380 and this guy is like eighth=250. Way too slow.

@eechenglee1369 4 жыл бұрын

Glass intends the piece to be played at a much higher tempo...

@prundonmcavoy7155 4 жыл бұрын

Laughable.

@Sitbon08 3 жыл бұрын

Nonsense Ethan Hill.

@brucekuehn4031 3 жыл бұрын

All I know is - I really liked it!

@connypiano5038 5 жыл бұрын

An 'etude' consisting of two different chords. Lounge music.

@CharlesZoll 4 жыл бұрын

This is played too slowly and apologetically. Minimalism is in your face, not in the background.

@prundonmcavoy7155 4 жыл бұрын

This is written too carelessly and ignorantly. Minimalism has a huge variety of moods like any movement of classical music in Western Civilization.

@esmaiszabo8029 2 жыл бұрын

This is terribly mundane and uninspired. Terrible

@jackiboi307 Жыл бұрын

Who cares about your opinion?

@matteom8818 7 ай бұрын

I disagree. Listen to his Rach 3, Glass etude no 6 and bach.